Jakob Appelbaum speaks to European Parliament on the NSA scandal

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Acanthus

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He also talks about suppression and intimidation of the free press.

For those of you that don't know who he is, he is a co-creator of Tor and has done work for Wikileaks, and a lot of other journalism sources relating to computer and network security.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu6accTBjfs&feature=youtu.be&t=2h23m1s

Transcript with links
https://vikingvpn.com/blogs/politics/japplebaum-speaks-at-euro-parlaiment

The part that I find the most troubling is the tactics used against Appelbaum. He has been called a terrorist. Held without charges. He has been wiretapped. His girlfriend at the time was intimidated and spied upon.

That is insane.

His argument about intentionally leaving networks insecure through CIA / NSA / FBI programs is pretty strong. The google breach by the Chinese using the NSA backdoor is a perfect example of how we were made less secure.

The world losing trust in NIST elliptic curves because of NSA tampering is another big example. RSA and DH are showing their age, and now the replacement standard is considered compromised.

I think an "encrypt the world" mindset is brewing among everyone.
 

werepossum

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Is Wikileaks a terrorist organization?
Trust me, to the federal government an organization exposing government secrets and/or government malfeasance is considered much more of a terrorist than those who merely murder American civilians.
 
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